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Meaningful Stuff

Release on 2021-08-032021-08-03 by Jonathan Chapman
Meaningful Stuff

Author: Jonathan Chapman

Publisher: MIT Press

ISBN: 9780262045728

Category: Design

Page: 240

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An argument for a design philosophy of better, not more. Never have we wanted, owned, and wasted so much stuff. Our consumptive path through modern life leaves a wake of social and ecological destruction--sneakers worn only once, bicycles barely even ridden, and forgotten smartphones languishing in drawers. By what perverse alchemy do our newest, coolest things so readily transform into meaningless junk? In Meaningful Stuff, Jonathan Chapman investigates why we throw away things that still work, and shows how we can design products, services, and systems that last. Obsolescence is an economically driven design decision--a plan to hasten a product's functional or psychological undesirability. Many electronic devices, for example, are intentionally impossible to dismantle for repair or recycling, their brief use-career proceeding inexorably to a landfill. A sustainable design specialist who serves as a consultant to global businesses and governmental organizations, Chapman calls for the decoupling of economic activity from mindless material consumption and shows how to do it. Chapman shares his vision for an "experience heavy, material light" design sensibility. This vital and timely new design philosophy reveals how meaning emerges from designed encounters between people and things, explores ways to increase the quality and longevity of our relationships with objects and the systems behind them, and ultimately demonstrates why design can--and must--lead the transition to a sustainable future.
Design
Meaningful Stuff
Language: en
Pages: 240

Meaningful Stuff

Authors: Jonathan Chapman
Categories: Design
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-08-03 - Publisher: MIT Press

An argument for a design philosophy of better, not more. Never have we wanted, owned, and wasted so much stuff. Our consumptive path through modern life leaves a wake of social and ecological destruction--sneakers worn only once, bicycles barely even ridden, and forgotten smartphones languishing in drawers. By what perverse
Comics and Stuff
Language: en
Pages: 352

Comics and Stuff

Authors: Henry Jenkins
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-14 - Publisher: NYU Press

Considers how comics display our everyday stuff—junk drawers, bookshelves, attics—as a way into understanding how we represent ourselves now For most of their history, comics were widely understood as disposable—you read them and discarded them, and the pulp paper they were printed on decomposed over time. Today, comic books have
Materials Experience
Language: en
Pages: 400

Materials Experience

Authors: Elvin Karana, Owain Pedgley, Valentina Rognoli
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-24 - Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

There currently exists an abundance of materials selection advice for designers suited to solving technical product requirements. In contrast, a stark gap can be found in current literature that articulates the very real personal, social, cultural and economic connections between materials and the design of the material world. In Materials
Behind the Clutter
Language: en
Pages: 436

Behind the Clutter

Authors: June Saruwatari
Categories: House & Home
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02-24 - Publisher: Morgan James Publishing

You are already a masterpiece Have you ever wanted to know the secret to creating a life you love? How do you discern whats really standing in your way of becoming all you were born to be? In Behind the Clutter, June Saruwatari opens her home and her heart to
Emotionally Durable Design
Language: en
Pages: 224

Emotionally Durable Design

Authors: Jonathan Chapman
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-10 - Publisher: Routledge

Emotionally Durable Design presents counterpoints to our ‘throwaway society’ by developing powerful design tools, methods and frameworks that build resilience into relationships between people and things. The book takes us beyond the sustainable design field’s established focus on energy and materials, to engage the underlying psychological phenomena that shape patterns

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